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Sec. 4. S ta ff and Components o f the ICC/IP Resource Centers. -
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Commission shall designate in evet7 Center a Chief Coordinating Officer. Concerned
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government departments and agencies and local governments shall assign staff
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members to the Resource Centers.
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Sec. 5.
The
Composition and Functions o f the Center. - The Center shall be
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composed o f the following three (3) major service areas and their respective
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functions, namely:
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(a)
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indigenous
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Statistical Service Area - documentation and recognition of ICCs/IPs, their
knowledge,
systems
and
practices,
political
structures
and
customary laws through census, appraisal and baseline reports and libraries;
(b)
Human Development Index Service Area - addresses problems of ICCs/IPs
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and provide basic and necessary services through link-up with concerned
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government department and agencies, such as training programs, grant of
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scholarships, employment, livelihood and enterprises and health services; and
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(c)
Domains Management Service Area - promotion of participatory programs,
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projects and activities for ICCs/IPs to effectively deliver their responsibility of
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maintaining ecological balance, restore denuded areas, observe laws, and
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ensure
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Development and Protections Plans and such other existing programs.
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Sec. 6. Monitoring Progress and Implementation and Im pact o f this A c t - The
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Commission shall submit to Congress every three (3) years or as determined in the
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implementing rules and regulations, an annual report of its accomplishments.
the
implementation
of
the
Ancestral
Domains
Sustainable
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Sec. 7. Funding. - The initial funding requirements for the implementation of
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this Act shall be charged against the current appropriations of the agencies
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concerned.
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implementation shall be included in the agencies' yearly budgets under the General
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Appropriations Act.
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Thereafter,
such sums as may be necessary for its continued
Sec. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). - Within ninety (90) days
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after
the approval of this Act, the Commission, in coordination with the following
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concerned government agencies, to wit: Local Government Units (LGUs), Philippine
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Statistics Authority (PSA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD),
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Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of